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he Omaha Daily Bee On! 9 Shopping Days Till Chrislm. WEATHL& TC RECAST. For NrbraskB Fair. For Icwa Fir. For wpstfcer r;ort fe I".? I. VOL. XXXIX NO. 138. OMAIIA, WEDNESDAY MOUN1XO, DECEMBER 13. 1IW -TWELVE PAGES. SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS. WAR IS DECLARED' OXSTEELCOMBLNE Leader cf Labor Decide to Battle Ajainit ''Open Shop"' Policy of Corporation. Oil Companies Complain of Over Rates to Omaha PROTECTORATE FOR NICARAGUA Humor that United States and Mtxico Are to Take Direction of Affair. THREEGOVERNORS VIEWJMGSIIOW Barke, Vessey and Shallenberger Attend Xitionai Corn Exposi tion, end Like It. i y' im Charge of Twenty-Two Cents from Kama Points Alleged Too High Sebraika Indian Affair. v ill GOPISS PL15S CA3IPAIGI. CRUEL EL A CUES WASHXSGT03 TCEAT SOAD EXPEBTS HAVE SAY 3 -ferswi 1 sT r 1 af 1 P.tioktica is Placed on Becords of Executive Coancil. TO 0LGA5IZE ALL "WOKKELS Special Effort to Get All Steel Kill Employe Into Unions. cash aid roa m ox strike (jh All Ora-aatsatleaa foairrlrd i A mrrirnH Federal lew freed roitrikilr RfMlitU Seat la rmMfil Tsft. P1TTSP.UR1. Dee. It War l formally dc'ared upon the United Slates Steel cor poratlor) by the leaders of organized labor throuzhnut the United States and Canada a: the ilose cf a two day' conference to day. The de"i.;cn to battle againt the stsnd ikn by the steel corporation in TZr policy of "open srjp" was reached by the labor coi:frreis aftr hours of debate. At the cnffretee Samuel Gompers. pres ident of th Americ-n Federation of La bor. prrs:d?d ar.4 through hini the meas ure as put upon the record book of the executive council of tha federation. The grievances of organised labor against the steel corporator! ss act forth in the resolution have been forwsrdid to Prjsi dent Taft and tha United St. lea senate and fcour-e of r prveentauves. The governors of the Mates In which tha United Steel corporation owns giants or has interest will aii.o receive a ocpy of the resolution. The resolution in part follows: "A crisis in the affairs of labor has arisen. The gigantic trust, the United States Steel corporation, is using its great 1 wealth and power In an effort to rob the workers of their r!ght of American man hood and cf the opportunity to resist its further enerjachrosnte. Orcsn rich by the consent of the people of our country, this corporation. In its mad' greed for still greater riches, sweeps aside, makes and unmakes law. Its enactors and executors, and la now engaged in an effort to destroy the only factor the organisations of Its employes standing between it and unlim ited, unchecked and unbridled industrial, political, social and moral carnage. If there exists any virile power In our time and life to check the absolute autocratic domination of civic. Industrial and political life of our people and our republic. It roust be found in the Indomitable will and mis sion of the much misunderstood and mis represented organisations of labor. "The United Statas Steel corporation has declared war on labor. In lla secret coun cils this oo -poratlon has decreed that the only obstacle to its complete sway organ ised labor ehall be crushed. The labor organizations consist of Its employes, tha workers, their wives and little ones, hu man flesh and- blood. M is by their labor that they live, they have no purpose other than self gTiarding their lives, their char acter, their future, the safety of tha re public, and humanity. These factors now confront each other. By their purposes, attitude and actions mutt they be Judged. "On June L 1909. the United States Steel corporation proclaimed its decree of hos- t'lity toaard labor. The right of the work' era to associate for their common protec tion was no longer to be recognised or tolerated. Accompanying that decree was a rotico ot a further reduction In the al ready scant wages of the workers. The decree went into effect July 1. IMS, that an earnest effort be made to thoroughly or garize all employes in the Iron, steel and tin plats Industry and subsidiary co-related trades. Owing to immediate pressing neces sity caused by the present strike ard the Indefensible hostile attitude of the United States Steel corporation, we earnestly call upon ail national and international unions of America to seid at least one organiser to assist In this work. We further urge and recommend that In all places where n.iils are located, the central labor or ganisations appclnt special committees with lr.rtrucrion to co-operate in this work. For educational purposes we recommend that th s manifesto be made a special order In ah central labor organizations at the first meeting in January. 1916. "We recommend that the executive coun cil of the American Federation of Labor issue a circular to a!l unions of America an appeal for financial contributions to aid the striking Iron, steel and tin plats workers. We further recommeud that the amount of such contribution ahould not be less thsa 1 cf nts per member. 'In view of the great wrongs perpetrated by the United States Steel corporation, not enly against the workers, but th public generally, w recommend that a committee be appointed by this conference to wait upon the president of the United States, the president of the United Stales senate, the speaker of the house of representatives t.d such members of tither housa of con gress as may be deemed advisable for tha purpose of laying before them the griev ance from which labor suffers at th titsli of this corporation. -At the instance of th failed Stales Sl.-el corporation officers of local, munici pal ar.d r'ate government have unwarrant ably tyracLrsd ever citizens. Invading to constitutionality guaranteed light of free aeir.t.lage and frt-e speech. We reoota rrrd that committers be appointt-d by tr!s eru"f rt-nce to wH upon the governors if iki ind such ether officii reprs tentatives of count'es ard municipalities at are in con t ml where the United States S'eel earpc rat!n has plants located, for the purpose ot presenting to the officials the gnat wrongs inflicW upun trie people uf these communities, and that the com- mtwr-es d nvand an Investigation and where chsrges trade are Substantiated by evi- otrte, the officers responsible therefor is removed, and the wrongs Immediately rlghud, vr apiHal to all liberty lories: Amer eans for thtir , moral and financial sup wrt. JIME3 O'CONNELU T L. LEWIS. W. O. MA HON. "KORGE W. FERKINS, J W. HATS. KAXK M. RT AH, '. T. HEALET. "sAk'l'EL OlMPERS, P. J M ARt'LE. t:UARlJui W. LAWLEIL" I From a St The i speciai Tei- ,y fining company, ,r -fining company " x company and th Kansas Ci ar.d the Kna th Great West jr ny today filed ! a complaint .U ' commission igtli A Sanata Fe an roads compiaining road coniianips no portation of petrolf u te Commerce won. Topeha t- acific rail- ndant rall he trans lucta In nd Cot ot tl cents carload k(a from Cli I feyvlilt, Kan., to Oma a Its), which rat la alle oy complainants trie complainant oil companies to undue and unreasonable prejudice and damage. The complainants bii-ve that all things being considered a Just and reasonable rate for the above mentioned haul from Kansas oil fields to Omaha should not exceed li cenu a 100. 1L L. Keefe of Walthill and John Gannon of Fendr. representing a society of white persons Interested in th Omaha Indiana, arrived In Washington today for the pur pose of advising with the Indian office as to tae Indians competent to receive deeds tor th?ir lands in th Omaha reservation. Some time ago the Iwpartment of tnc In terior decided to issue deeds tto those In dian who give evidence of fitness to con duct their own affairs, and a a result much speculation has been Indulged In as to whom the commissioner of Indian affairs would bold qualified to receive patents In fee. Jut as soon as these deeds are de livered the lands become taxable, and It Is for the purpose of giving the benefit of their knowledge of the situation that Messrs. Keefe and Gannon are in Wash ington. Representative Kendall of the Sixth Iowa district today Introduced the following bills: Authorizing and directing the secretary of war to cause a survey to be mad of the Dcs Moines river with a view to the im provement of its navigation from Its mouth to the city of Ies Muines and securing a depth in the river of six feet at low water between said points. This bill carries an appropriation of OOb.600 for the acquisition of the site and the erection of a public building at Newton, la.; ITS. to fix the compensation of rural free delivery carriers accordirs to the length of the routs served, as follows: Twenty four miles and over. tt.59 per month; twenty-two to twenty-four miles. ST per month; twenty to twenty-two miles, fTt-S per month; eighteen to twenty miles, S8S per month. The secretary of the Interior has denied motion for the review of the depart ment's decision in the case of Grant Ash against Elijah atoClure, Involving a tract of land located In the O'Neill land district, Nebraska. Fred Gundy was appointed rwrai carrier and Ernest Pope substitute for routs No. S at Oa&land, Is. Postmasters appointed: Littleton, Bu chanan county, George Buchanan, Ties E. E. Arnold, resigned. Tax a, Webster county, A. Lj. Beshey, rice O. Wood, removed. Rock. Island Soon to Make Improvement! Madge Says Heavier Steel Will Be Laid in Iowa and Automatic Signals Placed. (From a Staff Correspondent) DE3 MOINES. Dec. 14.-Special Tele gram.) In a letter to Des Moines friends today in answer to an Inquiry as to the policy of the Rock Island railroad with re gard to Iowa improvements. President Mudge of the company say plans are mad for relaying a oonaidorale part of the road In Iowa with heavier rails and ballasting the track, also that the work of putting in electric automatic block signals will be continued from Des "Moines on to Council Bluffs. It is expected there will be considerable litigation over a supposed fortune left by an old man here If th fortune Is found. Harvey Lucaa died and his nephew, S. S. Livpert, said that Lucas had left a fortune of near llUv.euO. but had failed to give lis hiding place . Search is going on, and to lay Lippert received word from Mrs. Joseph Mitchell of Bedford. Is., who claim to be a sister of the dead man. It was not befor known he had any relatives nearer than his nephew. GAS ACCIDENT HURTS SIX Wwkui Strik.es Match te Lis at a Ciarw aa tlflMioa re-llswa. TOPEKA. Kan.. Dse. 14. Blx men wars serioualy injured in an explosion of natural gas in a fir cistern he: today. Frank Snyder, street commissioner, Is probably fatally burned. The men, who are members of the street force, were cleaning out the cistern. One struck a match to light a cigar and the exploski followed. Th gas came from a broken main. Uncle Joe Redman Observes 80th Birthday with a Feast "Uncle Joe Redman" Nebraska for the very was not bora Is good reason that ! Nebraska wasn't born until after he swam I acruss the big Muddy so many years ago ! be has forgotten when and pitcaed h-s led Un what la now Omens, Florence or Fort ! Calhoun. Uncie Joe" can t eoneaal bis gratifies. lion over the fact that he beat Nebraska to It, and so he Invited all the good people of Omasa to help bin . celebrate his eightieth birthday anniversary at th Rome hotel this afternoon. All the pioneers are Uier who eould dig through the snow. A couple of old-time flddiera are there te aa'? out aome musia that would make to.-tbstooe dance. The rictus la are the kind that bare built up the brawn and brain ef the bid. sturdy Nabrasaana Uncle Joe will set let the chef call It a "menaoo." "It Is just straight good stuff that pats aaeet ea pour boaes instead af Indigestion special Enroy Bring Soto from President Dial. QPZ5 EETOLT IS HA5AGUA Mob Hakes Violent Street Demonstra tion Against Zelaya, POLICE DAHE KOT INTEB.FEJLE Crow sara-es f rwaa Lesjialatlve H Sksatiss; Lest Lire Estrada" svstd "Lows; Lire tfce Ualted states." ill WASHINGTON. Dec It One of the pro jects for the solution of the Nlcariguaa situation which has been strongly urged unon th State department Is the establish ment of a protectorate, either singly, by the United States, or Jointly with Mexico. This may be resrardfd as necessary in th event that the insurgents fall to. displace Zalaya by their own efforts, and may even follow any Insurgent triumph which would leare th country without responsible leaders. It is said precedent for such action could be found in the cases of Santo Domino and Cuba. In the first instance large sums of money were- owing to American citizens which could not be collected from the Domingo government (then In a state of chaos), by diplomatic means. Is the case of Nicaragua the government has defaulted in the payment of the agreed allotments In the Emery claim. In th case of Cuba, a stats of disorder that threatened the safety of the live and property of Ameri cana and other foreigners existed that was the warrant for Intervention. Forward Movesaeat Expected. There Is reason to believe that a forward TiKtvi-iKcni wtl. t e Mdi led by this govern ment in the near future. Perhaps as soon as mffldent number of marines have gsthereJ off the Nicaragua!! coast. To day's news from Managua Indicating the Imminence of rioting beyond the control of the local government forces to suppress might serve ss th basis of the landing of the marines and their dispatch to Mana gua If necessary to maintain order, Just as was don on the Isthmus of Panama a few years ago. It Is not part of the plan to maintain such .force la Nicaragua permanently, but only long enough to per mit of a fair and free general election and tha establishment of a president who will be pledged to observe th . constitutional obligations, " . f Utwa f Kskso. . The attitude of the government of Mex ico with respect to th Nicarajruaa sit na tion Is set forth in a document which was today placed In the hands of Secretary Knox by Governor CCreel of Chihuahua. Governor Creel, who recently arrived In Washinrtoc, h.id an Interview with Secre tary Knox this afternoon. He wis ac companied by tha Mexican charge d" af faires. Governor Creel presented a state ment from President Diss cortainnlng the tatter's view with respect to the questions pending between the United Stated and Nicaragua. J At th Mt was the State department this afternoon announced no statement rmild made with respect to the Mexican note for the present at least or until the de partment officials have had an opportunity to give it the thorough consideration which any communlcaton from the Mexican presi dent should have. It Is expected, however, that this government's reply may be ready for delivery to Governor Creel within the next day or two. Rebellion la Maausaraa. MANAGUA. Nicaraugua. Dec. It Rebel lion has broken out at the capital. The streets are filled with unrestrained de monstrators. Shouts of "Long Live Liberty. f V l-nlt Qt.i... r ... j . ... - -- ...... uvm.co, miiu i.aLi aua, llll v lie I air. Tha nolice have made nn cheek th mob. It is said that President ZeJsya has promiaed to make public today the announcement of his resignation from the presidency. For the first time in sixteen . years a street meeting of malcontents has been permitted without police Interference. The demonstration began last night and con tinued for hours. It showed that the anti Zeiaya feeling wa sso strong that the government did not dare to attempt Its suppression. Comparative quiet has been restored this forenoon. The climax was reached last night, when the government attempted to put through congress a bill on certain exploiters' min ing rights core rtr.g rast undefined areas Irrespective ot the private ownership of th surface of the property. Congi-esaawn Enrique Corda opposed the measure In a speech that aroused the wildest enthu siasm. Tb government, seeing that the motion was in danger of being lust, pre cipitately adjourned the session. Cwrda Is Glrea Oratlwa. It was too late, ho never, to head off the burst of indignation that had swept over (Continued on Second Page.) la your s tummies," says Unci Joe. Port Redman has hauled down a barrel of genuine Nebraska cider so pure and un defiled that the taste of it mas.es the pure food law look like a cholera prescription. Then there axe Jugs and Jugs, and then more Jugs, of pure native wine made up In Florence from Florence-grown grapes that would make the ambrosial sectar thai Venus threw la tb face of Adonis resemble ipecac. A feast T Don't yeu forget It for a minute. The revelry la ea new and Uncle Jee is so radiant tn aia happiness he Is rotas' to i dance the "Vignlnny" reel all aloce. is snow some or these modern youngster tha suppleaess of aa kVyear-old man thai bas fed and feasted ea Nebraska prorender for the last fifty-five years. AH tae old pioneers are there and the affair Is as Uncle Joe puts It. "The moat rechercheat function that has beea pulled off i Omaha stnee the Mormetui left." I af - " American From the New York Herald. HOUSE REFERS MESSAGE Paragraphs on Appropriation Go to Departmental . Committees. NUMBER OF SPEECHES MADE District ef Celaaafcla Bill, Carrrlaa; Tea Mlllloaa, 1 latrodaeed Several laralld Feaslea. Bills Passed. WASHINGTON. Dec 14. Taking HP the president's annual message to congress. ( the house of represents Uvea today went through the formality of referring It and distributing It among the various commit tees. ...... Mr. Payne, who brought In the resolu tion for reference offered an amendment providing that these pragtapbs relating to appropriations should bo. referred it what h s-Uts ted -as rhe-s!eei'T" Bmroitte-e on departmental erpendjlwaaa of . which there is one for each department. Explalnng his amendment, . Mr. Payne said: "For the first time in rar recollec tion, a ireaMden in wise and well chosen words has pointed out the necessity of econoTiy In ex3eiw"!tnres in the various government depsrtments." The amendment and the resolutions were adcrte-d. Warning of the rations unpreparedness for war was given by Representative Hob son of Alabama In an extended speecTi In favor of a more liberal naval policy de Bthe com- livered while the house was mlttee of the whole. His colleague. Mr. Richardson, seised the same opportunity to make a speech of more than an hour's duration in advocacy cf a liberal water way policy, particularly affecting the Mis sissippi river and it tributaries. Rfpresentatlve McDermott (TIL) spok briefly while general debate was permit ted In favor of free wood pulp. The District of Columbia appropriation till, aarrylng an appropriation of more tlsn J10CICA000 for the expanses of the dis trict during the fiscal year of 1311 was re ported as were also several Invalid pension bills. The latter were read and passed. The house today agreed to take recess reconvene on iuesaay. January 4. At I 7 p. m. the house adjourned until tomorrow. New Primary Law Urged by Deneen Lakes-to-Galf Commission and Min ing Law Amendments Favored by Illinois Governor. SPRINGFIELD. 111.. Dee. It Governor Deneen today sent his mesajre to th spe cial session of the leris'ature and In it laid stress on the necessity for a new primary election law as the most Important sub ject for legislstive enactment. Other recortmr oda'.ions are: Pasaare of a corrupt practice act limiting campaign exrenes accounts. Creation of a commission to taae charge of the construction cf the proposed lakes to-the-gulf deep waterway, a CO . I bond issue for this praject having been ap l roved by the people. Amendments to mining laws to prevent if possible a repetition of the Cherry dis aster; an appropriation for relief of the sufferers at Cherry; a com mission to study the subject of err.pk.yers' liability. Legislation conferring on cities power to adopt the commission form of government In recommer.dir.g the adoption of the amendment to th federal constitution per mitting the Imoeition of an Income tax. the goverror says: "A nation which possesses the power to call on lis citizens for service on the bat tlefield, should possess the power tn im pose an Income tax whenever it may be necessary te meet national emergencies. DOXEY HEARING NOT ENDED Twa lew Wltaeaaee Appear ' the Creed J wry at St. LMia, sWtere ST. LOUIS. Dec 14. The ease of Mrs Dnra E. Doxey, charged with the murder ef W. J. Erder her last July, by poisoning, is still before the grand jury. At least two additional witnesses bad been sum moned to appear before the Inquisitors when the sessieea were resumed this after- r House of Lords a Little "Worried Too. Road to Capital from All County Scats in Nation This is Hobby of Good Roads Associa tion Kow in Session at Topeka. TOPEKA. Km, Dec 14. Good roads ad vocates, including governors, members of avrgress and representatives of state good roads organizations from various parts of the United States are here to attend the annual convention of the National Good Reads association, which opened today for a two days' session. Several hunared delegates and many champions of the good roads movement greeted Arthur C. Jackson, president of the national association, when be called the meeting to order. Governor W. R Stubes welcomed tb delegates at tn opening session. The pro gram today included addresses by Governor A. C. Shallenherger of Nebraska, John Craft, president of th Alabama Good Rosas association, and R. J. Caaey of Omaha, a ho spoke as a representative of the Union Pacific railroad. Among the ether prominent men who will address the convention are United States Senators John A. Bar.kheal of Ala bama and George E. Chamberlain of Ore gon, and Representauvs William Saixer ol New Tort. The following; statement by President Jackson represents the spirit of the dele gates: I permanent roads ever built have been built by the national and stale governments. I have a hobby of urging the government to build a fine road from Washington to all the state capitals and then get the states to build a road from each stale capital to each county seat." Three Dead and Fifteen Injured InTeitigation Into Cause of Wreck at Kortheast, Pa., to- Be Held Today. NORTHEAST. Pa.. Dec lt-To deter mine the cause of the fatal wreck en the Lake Shore Michigan Southern railroad near here last midnight, resulting in three deaths, an Investigation will be conducted at Buffalo today. ' The dead: ANTON LUND, Holiyville Cel., on his way to Copenhagen, Denmark. JOHN CUAiP- 4S J ears. Cedar Point, Kan.; on his way to France. FRANCIS BERNARD. 2 years. Cedar Point. Kan.; on hU way to France. Fifteen persons were Injured, seven of them seriously. Plunging forward through a blizzard at the rats of more than sixty miles an hour, the St. Louis section of the Twentieth Cen tury Limited crashed into the rear of the Chicago and Boston special. All of those kuled and injured were occu pants of the smoking car of the special. So slight was the damage to the St. Louis 1 1 a i n ir.a.1 aa ,nn aa a tram o rui rm WM minutes, it con- tinued on to Buffalo with the same engine. The want ad pages are particularly in teresting to Christ ams sEoppers Before you start out on your shopping tour look over the classification "Christinas Hints," on the first want ad. page. There you will find a large number of Omaha mer chants, who are offering sug gestions of things, which they have, which are appropriate for Christmas presents. Many little things, out of the ordi nary, are mentioned there. Have you r4 tha waat ads, rtt, todaj! -.t" TIT J "i'fUl 4 1 SBALIEXBERCER FOR WATER GoTernor Proclaims the Obrions at Navigation Congress. WAY TO EEDUCE LTVT5G COST Isaproremeat ef Waterways Will Help, Greatly, Says Speaker, Vlt I rares Tweaty-FIre Reaerralrs. Governor Shallenberger, at the start of his remarks to the Missouri River Naviga tion congress yesterday afternoon, as sured the delegates that he Is friendly to water. 'Some people In Nebraska think I am altogether too friendly to water," added ) the governor, pleasantly, 'because of cer tain things that have occurred." The governor rlr not make a move on a big water spUcher that stood an a desk be fore him, but at once entered en a discus sion of the tremendous sums lost to the people of the west because of wasted water, damaging floods and general neglect of the waterways of the Missouri and Mississippi valleys. . "We want plenty of water In the west." said the governor, "and during the cam paign of 14 an old farmer out In the state told me pointedly that any kind ol money -zould do it. but he and his neigh bors wanted lots of water. ' The governor then entered upon a dis cussion of the very close relation of trans portation and its cost to the In Treating cost of Irving. -and we have practically lost control of it in recent years, as a governing element, a determining factor, in the problem con senting you. They arc, In my Judgment, control of the water, redemption of thi land, and the rehabilitation of commerce on the navigable rivers. ' We must restore the Missouri river to the good graces of coreresa. We must luild great dams and have tre-nendous restrvolrs. not one. but twenty-five, so that we may let the water flow as we need It; so that we can control it. bind It. and iprtad It for Irrigation In the dry regions, for power In the humid r-gions. and for trarrportation purposes, to carry the im merse production of the west that can be profitably handled on the rivers. West Mast Shew EUraestaesa. "The slates of this seciion must give evidence of their material faith in the thing they plead for.' "And on this line Governor Shailenberger told the delegates many Interesting facts he had leamtd on his trip with President Taft, about the leves and the dikes of the J grent work being done in th west 13 re lower Mississippi river. He also instanced 1 cliUming the arid lands by simply applying the dikes of the ancient Euphrates, andjaier. the control of water In the valley of the Judge E. M. Carey of Wyoming, author Nile. ' of the famous Carey act under which so "Those were the very cradles of Hviltn. tion." said he. "ages ago. What the in habitants of the valley of the Euphrates did so long ago, the men of today can do. In the west we have men of courage and of Independence sufficient to work out these great problems and give us a civilization, an Industrial development which will be the marvel of the world." The governor s brief speech leaned very strongly toward the Idea that the state concerned must bear part of the expense, together wllh the national government. In any real movement to Improve, dyke and buttress th rivers, so that they can be held at flood time, and ail the year round ' dredge out their own channels. j Mayer la Happy ela. Mayor Dablmaa welcomed th members j mar.y aetsern states, of ths congress with a happy little sptech j -After the works are built It is aeces of welcome ,4r to g(rt seuurs for the land. So far "T-jur work, if well dons." said he, I tt experiment has gone It enables a "n-ins a great Btep toward better mar- j man of small rr.ans to get a farm eulti- kets and better living conditions In the'vaud by Irrigation, which Incubus the richest stretch of country that we know of anywhere. "This movement 1 growing and must succeed, because the people are behind It. If the people demand the expenditure of millions of. money for the conservation and better regulation of our waterways, con gress might as well get ready to give It, for the people of th west will hsve it when they make up their minds they want It" Following the mayor's speech of welcome Governor Burke, president of the asso ciation, deliver d his annual address. Then what threatened to be a tar.rla erfmneA op. How to appoint the committee was the question and men from every state repre- seated took the floor to te.p solve, or Involve the matter. Finally Governor Burke rose and said: "If you gentlemen knew what aa aful (Cos Oca ad on Second Page) Kin? Log Drag InTentor Will Tell of Voik Eeinj Done. OMAHA HiS DAY IOXOHEO'R' Mayor Issues Proclamation Urging . Show of Appreciation. MA5Y MLHCHA5TS WILL CLOSE UP Irrla-slors wa Rostraat Yesterday, with Jesse K. M. rarer. Aether ef Ocesatea. COOS sVOASSi DAT. x.rcruur kill mo. i 1C:30 a, so- Qeneral Talks. MVUO KAXIe 1:30 p. m. atsx'.caa Bead. 8:00 p. sc Addresses by S. Ward ttazvf acd Governor A. a. Shaileaberj-r. 4. -GO p. aZuC TtSO p. nu Band. 3:SO p. m. Traralofw Xeetwre, "Siberia, XussLa, Germany, Switzerland, France aad Across th Atlantis," fcy O. ?. Wattles. BIOGBATa KAX.ZV 11 A3 a. m. -'Better Seals," by 9. Ward zUng, lsrsutor of the split-log drar, and M. O. Xldrlljre of WasaUrtoa, s. c 1:30 p. m. "Cots ef at rat," by XClsw Jes sica Bssask. S :15 p. au "Belatloa of tb Cliaiste and Boll to the wester Crops," by B. C Buff am, Wyoming. SKW p. so "Kandlia- of Uti BSccs," by ' J. A. Ehoemaker. S:4S p. mv Th Xrolatloa ef the Sarar from the Caas," by C. sT. Crawtozd, 4:30 p. au Moving Tictares. ISM p. m. rorsstry," by O. a sails. Washington, 3. C 6 OA p. m. "The XJr Stock ataxest," 7 J. A. Shoemaker. 3 p. m. -Good aoada," by IT. O. Xid- rldge, Washington. S. C t:45 p. zov "The ranter and Uncle Sam," by Prof. r. X. Scrikasr, WaaMagtoa, D. 7. 10CO y. nv. at o nag Flctures. Kaycr Sahlsraa has Usmed a preclaxaa tioa e""f attention ts the fact that Thorsaay has beea dsalfraatsd aa Omaaa day at tae Battoaal Cora shew, ate azges the dtizsas te 'how their appreelauoa tf aa the thcofht, effort ' aad saoaay arkioh theae ma bare lareated U soaks the szpcstUua la Dziaha aaa ef tae rresA est wasea tae uid aaa erer icaiwra.' liiajuy cf tXa sBsxeaaaBB, of tttaaAa are tisiad this their itearty aapport aad wlU cum Lasix aiacs cf eealaess taat aay. Three governors, Gaveioor John Burke of North Dakota, Governor R. S. Veasey of South Do kola and Governor Ashton C bhajU.Tbtrger tif Nebraska visited the Na tional Corn exposition Tuesday and each prouuunced it gieat. They came to Omaha, to atund the meeting of the Mit-rcurl River Navigation congrets which Is being held this week during the Corn Show. "The management has the right Idea In an exposition and that is to bring to the fore the educational features," said Gov ernor Burke, after he had walked through and had seen the cx- j bihliM of tl(rtv.ive stites. Including the splendid exhilii of his own state. "An exposition of this kind cannot help but do good for it teaches the farmer that which he wlrres to know, to better his crops and at th same time to better his condlt.cn." Today will be "Good Roads" day and good road experts will teil of the work which is being dona to make, better roads throughout the United States. M. O. Eldrlj-je. one of the speakers has had charge of the census taken by the gorern ment in the matter of roads and he win give some must interesting figures of the work done. D. Ward King, inventor of the split log drag will tell of the work ahich is being done for good roads In many parts of the country. The third speaker of the day will be Governor Shal lenberger. Carey Gives Address. Irris. tiun eipvrts, lol ow ag tl.e dry farm er on Aljru.ay. Lad their day at the ex posit'on yesterday and they told of tne : many thousands of acres hare been made highly productive by supplying water, was ths principal speaker. "The thought ip the Carey bill was not confined to a fw weeks, as for five years I worked on a scheme looking toward the j reclamation of arid land," aaid Senator Carey. ' The s'lte of Wyoming passed a law that it n.irlit accept land from the government to be reclaimed. Wyoming and I Idaho are far ahead of the othr states ! and congreak has djutled the appropriation ! to Wyoming and has given ldabo (.000.000 I acres. "The states rerus to do Irrigation work, but they contract 1th private corporations to bui'd u-dcr the control of the stalA. Up to this time there r.aa been no scan dals and the work Is now btoIost ea In Idea of intensive farming. Ferereaaer af Hertasaattea. "The Carey act was the forerunner of the reclamation act. It Hi! fortunate Roose velt was president at that time. Whea th ! seven years of Roosevelt " administration shall be written there wUl never be a mor eventful chapter in the history cf the world Roosevelt spent enough of his life In the west to be Imbuod a 1th western Ideas. When the reclamation bill was be fore congress he did not take tb cistern view, but allied hime:! aith the cest ar.d I l"'rd ere' rt .T.ent. No greater I lh,n w" "r a"r, l"r ,h The government is building several darns, which are models of construction, and show that the government do-s tilings for ail time to eome. These dams are a great benefit to th state of Nebraska, which bas an acre bevand IS as im-